I am forced to disagree with the first point of your assessment.

empathy

[em-puh-thee]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

1. the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the emotions, thoughts, or attitudes of another.

Even if someone were actually sorry about how another person feels, that is very different from psychological identification with how the other person feels, or vicariously experiencing what the other person feels. At best, “I’m sorry you feel that way” is an expression of pity and/or condescension.

“I’m sorry you feel that way” is pretty much just a lie though, isn’t it?

Are you coming on to me?

That video was amazing except…not a single.numpad.in sight.

Same. And I thought I was the only one. That I just sucked as a person. It wasn’t until age 45, and after reading posts like this one, that I found out others shared my experiences.

I would have liked my parents to have been understanding of the fact that I had anywhere from serious difficulties up to and including inability, to do things they took for granted as necessary parts of life. Unfortunately they chose the methods of constantly yelling at me, belittling me, and being utterly dismissive and respectless.

I don’t think the Uyghurs being forcibly surgically sterilized care what vocabulary word you use. They know they are being systematically exterminated, and so does most of the rest of the world.

Not with that attitude

Gee. Someone should do something, maybe.

What is it you think the brain is doing when imagining?

That’s just science